A little video history of Gene Gendlin ... the father of Focusing.

A little video history of Gene Gendlin ... the father of Focusing.

A gal in my cohort made this little video about Gene Gendlin and how Focusing came to be. If you want to learn more, this is a good little video. 

What's really valuable is that Gendlin discovered that when a client could attend to a non-verbal bodily felt sense in therapy session, they were likely to find lasting change. Focusing is what he developed in order to assist people to sense, describe and listen more deeply to these "felt senses" within. 

Doorways to the Soul 1 - Spring 2024

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Welcome to Doorways to the Soul

  • Welcome Video!!
  • Doorways - Week 00 - Intro reading.pdf
  • An optional practice before we come together for our first Zoom class
  • Zoom link for all our classes
  • Schedule a pre-course Focusing Session with Paula
  • ➡️ Class Roster 💕 for scheduling partnerships.1
  • A note about all written Doorways Materials
  • A little video history of Gene Gendlin ... the father of Focusing.
  • How this Podia thing works

Week 1 - The Power of a P.A.U.S.E.

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  • Never be in a hurry...
  • Doorways Reading - Week01.pdf
  • Doorways Cheat Sheet - Week01.pdf
  • Doorways Video Week 01 - Pausing to come In.mp4
  • DW1 Wk 1 04.04.24.mp4

Week 2 - Attend with Affection

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  • The human soul doesn't want to be advised, fixed or saved...1
  • Doorways Reading - Week02.pdf
  • Doorways Cheat Sheet Week 02.pdf
  • How to NOT nurture yourself…
  • DW1 Wk 2 04.11.24.mp4

Week 3 - Unhurried Wonder

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  • Doorways Reading - Week03.pdf
  • Doorways Cheat Sheet Week 03
  • Eavesdropping on Soul.mp4
  • Dw 1 Wk 2 Class Recording 04.18.24.mp4

Week 4 - Sense Freshly and Describe

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  • What will your verse/poem be?
  • Some tips on Companioning
  • Doorways Reading - Week04.pdf
  • Sensing Freshly vs Labeling .mp4
  • Doorways Cheat Sheet Week 04.pdf
  • DW1 Wk4 04.25.24.mp4

Week 5 - The Emerging Edge

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  • BONUS material: A Guided Sensing Freshly and Describing.
  • Doorways Reading - Week05.pdf
  • Doorways Liturgy of Grace Week 05.pdf
  • My hot tub story
  • Some ways to use Focusing in your Everyday life
  • Focusing in Everyday Life.pdf
  • DW1 Wk 5 - Emerging Edge 05.02.24.mp4

Week 6 - Cultivating your Self@E.A.S.E.

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  • Embracing our Imperfections - the Antidote to hustle1
  • Doorways Reading - Week06.pdf
  • Doorways Liturgy of Grace Week 06.pdf
  • Bonus Video ➡️ Layers of Self.mp4
  • DW1 Wk6 05.09.24.mp41

Week 7 - The Soul Speaks at the Edge (Felt-Sensing)

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  • The Felt Sense opens the Door.
  • Short, Medium and Long Lead-In Template
  • Doorways Liturgy of Grace Week 07.pdf
  • Doorways Reading - Week07.pdf
  • Ann Weiser Cornell Focusing demo we watched in class
  • DW1 Wk 7 05.16.24.mp4

Week 8 - An Unhurried Befriending

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  • How can you tell if you’re Focusing
  • Doorways Reading - Week08.pdf
  • Doorways Liturgy of Grace Week 08.pdf
  • OPTIONAL: pgg demo of focusing.mp4
  • DW1 Wk 8 05.23.24.mp4

Week 9 - The Art of Listening to heart, soul, mind and strength

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  • Doorways Reading - Week09.pdf
  • Doorways - 6 Recommendations.pdf
  • Doorways Liturgy of Grace Week 09.pdf
  • Take a little listen to Ann talking about "What happens when we close our eyes to Focus?"
  • How to (belong) be alone by Padraig O' Tuama1
  • DW1 Wk 9 05.30.24.mp4

Week 10 - The Radical Welcome of Everything

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  • A lifestyle of invitation to the grace that heals2
  • How NOT to be welcoming1
  • Releasing Blocks to Action
  • Extra Resource: A Radical Welcome: Focusing with the Part of us that wants to die
  • Doorways Reading - Week 10.pdf
  • Doorways Liturgy of Grace Week 10.pdf
  • DW1 Wk 10 06.06.24.mp4

What’s Next?

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  • What does Doorways 2 involve?
  • What to do between now and Doorways 2
  • Affiliate link for some self-study Focusing courses with Ann Weiser Cornell
  • link to register for DW2